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Environment - Wood stoves and wood-fired outdoor boilers still a problem
The ILB has had dozens of entries, going back as far as Dec. 2005, on the regulation of wood-fired outdoor boiler in Indiana. IDEM originally was going to do it, then backed off and left local government to deal with...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on February 26, 2009 02:53 PM
Environment - "Burning Issue: As wood stoves gain popularity, air-quality concerns rise"
The ILB has had many entries about outdoor, wood fired furnaces or boilers. Yesterday the WSJ had a long article by Suzanne Barlyn on the environmental hazards of indoor wood stoves. Some quotes:The soaring prices of heating oil and natural...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on September 16, 2008 01:13 PM
Environment - New Hampshire's new law regulating outdoor wood boilers goes into effect
As the ILB wrote in this Feb. 12th entry:The ILB has posted a large number of entries on the possible regulation of outdoor wood-fired boilers or stoves used to heat homes. This entry from Nov. 24, 2007 gives some good...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on August 15, 2008 10:13 AM
Ind. Law - "Artist asks Valparaiso board to define vendor policy"
We've reported on the development of golf cart ordinances and wind farm ordinances, as well as local efforts at governing outdoor wood-fired boilers.* Today it is artists working on street corners. James D. Wolf Jr. writes today in the Gary...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on July 11, 2008 08:57 AM
Environment - Effectiveness of LaPorte County ordinance regulating outdoor wood boilers
The ILB has posted a large number of entries on the possible regulation of outdoor wood-fired boilers or stoves used to heat homes. This entry from Nov. 24, 2007 gives some good background. Because IDEM and US EPA have both...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on February 12, 2008 01:14 PM
Environment - Outdoor wood fired boilers not the only culprit
The ILB has had number stories about concerns raised by outdoor wood-fired boilers used to heat homes. Today Mary Wilds of the NWI Times reports on another concern - indoor wood-fired stoves that may not meet already existing federal and...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on January 7, 2008 01:06 PM
Environment - An update on outdoor wood-fired boilers
The ILB's first entry on wood-fired boilers was nearly two years ago. (Here is a list of all entries.) IDEM had posted a notice in the Indiana Register asking for written comments on whether a new rule should be developed...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on November 24, 2007 05:17 PM
Environment - Continuing coverage of: Communities seek to regulate outdoor wood-fired boilers
Adding to a long list of ILB entries on the regulation of outdoor wood-fired boilers in Indiana, the Michigan City News-Dispatch reports today, in a story by Laurie Wink:La PORTE - The City of La Porte joined a growing list...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on August 8, 2007 10:22 AM
Environment - Even more on: Communities seek to regulate outdoor wood-fired boilers
Adding to the ILB's now very long list of stories about the regulation of wood-fired boilers is this brief report from the Michigan City News-Dispatch: LaPORTE - A moratorium was placed on installation of new outdoor wood-fired boilers by LaPorte...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on July 6, 2007 08:50 AM
Environment - Vermont may be first state to regulate outdoor wood fired boilers
From the Rutland, Vermont Herald today:MONTPELIER — Vermont is poised to become the first state in the country to adopt emission regulations for outdoor wood boilers following the approval of a major new environmental rule by a legislative committee Wednesday....
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on April 5, 2007 03:45 PM
Ind. Law - Yet more on: Communities seek to regulate outdoor wood-fired boilers
The ILB has had a slew of entries on the topic of regulating outdoor wood-fired boilers/furnaces. First there was outrage from a southern Indiana legislator when the Dept. of Environmental Management (IDEM) published a First Notice asking for public comments...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on March 2, 2007 08:23 AM
Environment - Interesting report today on wood-burning outdoor boilers
Regulation of outdoor wood burning boilers/furnaces appears to be being kicked back and forth between different levels of government. Recall that last year IDEM published a request for public comments on the possibility of and need for imposing regulation of...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on December 29, 2006 01:01 PM
Environment - Wood-fired boilers; Great Lakes firing range plan
Wood-fired boilers. Wood-fired boilers, a topic on which the ILB has posted entries once or twice before, is (are?) the subject today of a lengthy NY Times report. Some quotes:Their owners proudly proclaim that they reduce dependence on foreign oil...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on December 18, 2006 04:52 PM
Ind. Law - Still more on: Communities seek to regulate outdoor wood-fired boilers
Updating this ILB entry from Nov. 5 are two stories this weekend on wood-fired boilers/furnances. Lauri Harvey Keagle of the NWI Times has a story headed "Owners weigh in on furnace debate: NIRPC group moving forward on draft ordinance." Meanwhile,...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on November 27, 2006 06:37 AM
Ind. Law - More on: Communities seek to regulate outdoor wood-fired boilers
Adding to numerous earlier entries on outdoor wood-fired boilers or furnaces, inlcuding this partial ILB list, are two recent stories in the Munster (NW Indiana) Times. Laura Harvey Keagle wrote on Nov. 1:PORTAGE | While there are not many outdoor...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on November 5, 2006 05:04 PM
Ind. Law - Communities seek to regulate outdoor wood-fired boilers
Updating this Sept. 11th ILB entry on municipalities taking up the ball on regulating wood-fired outdoor furnaces and boilers, Lauri Harvey Keagle of the Munster (NW Indiana) Times reports today:PORTAGE | Outdoor wood-burning furnaces may provide a good alternative to...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on September 21, 2006 04:24 PM
Environment - Revised ordinance for outdoor wood boilers set for review
The ILB has had many entries on the state environmental agency's efforts to regulate outdoor wood-fired boilers. The effort stalled in early 2006. Local governmental units have now begun their own efforts to address the issue. Here is an ILB...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on September 11, 2006 06:25 AM
Environment - Evansville seeks to regulate outdoor wood-fired boilers
The Evansville Courier& Press has a story today by Bryon Rohrig that reports:Although discussion and likely passage of a ban on the heating devices won't come until late August, an ordinance outlawing them will be introduced in the Evansville City...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on August 7, 2006 07:41 AM
Environment - Batesville has problems with outdoor wood-fired boilers
If I read this story correctly, no one in Batesville has heard of IDEM's proposed ordinance to consider regulation of outdoor wood-fired boilers! Here is a list of many of the recent ILB entries on the issue. And the ILB...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on February 9, 2006 03:48 PM
Environment - Gary Post-Trib has another good wood-fired boilers story
Tim Zorn of the Gary Post-Tribune has good coverage again today of the wood-fired boilers issue. His comprehensive Jan. 22nd story is featured in this ILB entry. Some quotes:[T]he Indiana Department of Environmental Management is considering whether to impose regulations...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on February 3, 2006 10:12 AM
Environment - House amendment would prohibit regulation of wood-fired boilers
A press release of State Representative Eric Koch, dated yesterday, announced:(STATEHOUSE) Jan. 30, 2006 – An amendment by State Representative Eric Koch (R-Bedford) to House Bill 1332 would pre-empt the Indiana Department of Environmental Management from regulating outdoor wood burning...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on January 31, 2006 07:28 PM
Enviroment - Wood-fueled boilers stoke pollution debate
"Wood-fueled boilers stoke pollution debate" is the headline to a comprehensive story today by Tim Zorn in the Gary Post-Tribune. Some quotes:As heating costs soar, more people are using wood-fired boilers — an old technology with a new twist —...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on January 22, 2006 12:00 PM
Environment - More on wood-burning outdoor boilers
The ILB's first entry on outdoor wood-fired boilers, dated Dec. 5th, quoted from this comprehensive story in the South Bend Tribune. The Tribune story included this picture of what an outdoor wood-fired boiler/furnace looks like. Today WNDU 16, also from...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on January 9, 2006 05:35 PM
Ind. Law - Still more on IDEM's request for comments on whether and how to regulate outdoor wood-fired boilers; Bedford paper speaks out against the Indiana Register
Updating the ILB entry from Jan. 2, here is a press release from IDEM, announcing that it has extended the deadline for its 1st comment period on consideration of outdoor wood boiler rules from Jan. 3rd to March 3rd. Some...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on January 4, 2006 05:13 PM
Ind. Law - More on IDEM's request for comments on whether and how to regulate outdoor wood-fired boiler
Updating the ILB entry from Dec. 29th, here is some background on the origin of IDEM's request for comments on whether and how to regulate outdoor wood-fired boiler. (It is pretty long, but I noticed the ILB has gotten a...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on January 2, 2006 01:58 PM
Environment - Two more Indiana papers pick up corn-fired boiler story
Two more papers, the Louisville Courier Journal and the Evansville Courier& Press have picked up (here and here) the syndicated corn-fired outdoor boiler story the ILB criticized in this entry this weekend: "Pros and cons of wood-fired (or corn-fired) outdoor...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on December 12, 2005 09:15 AM
Environment - Pros and cons of wood-fired (or corn-fired) outdoor boilers [Updated]
Monday the South Bend Tribune had a story titled "Wood-burning outdoor boiler catching heat: Citing health, environmental concerns, neighbors object to resident's heat source." See the ILB entry here, which also links to the IDEM proposal to do a rulemaking...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on December 10, 2005 12:47 PM
Environment - Wood-burning outdoor boiler catching heat
"Wood-burning outdoor boiler catching heat: Citing health, environmental concerns, neighbors object to resident's heat source" is the headline to this story today in the South Bend Tribune. Outdoor wood-fired boilers (OWB), according to the story:look like small sheds with chimneys....
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on December 5, 2005 08:55 AM